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The American Constitutional Rights Union (ACRU) is dedicated to defending the constitutional rights of all Americans. ACRU stands against harmful, anti-constitutional ideologies that have taken hold in our nation’s courts, culture, and bureaucracies. We defend and promote free speech, religious liberty, the Second Amendment, and national sovereignty.

Salazar v. Buono

By |2020-04-23T21:52:59-04:00April 28th, 2010|

The ACRU is happy to report that an important stride was taken today, April 28, 2010, in defense of the 1st Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of protecting an historic veteran’s memorial cross in the Mojave Desert that had been challenged by the ACLU. The Veterans of Foreign Wars erected the memorial cross in the Mojave National Preserve in 1934. A former preserve employee and visitor, Frank Buono, claimed that the cross violated the First Amendment. Rather than remove the cross, Congress and the Interior Department transferred the land to the VFW. Buono, backed by the ACLU and the Ninth Circuit Court of […]

ACLU Makes False Attack on New Arizona Law

By |2010-04-27T17:34:41-04:00April 27th, 2010|

The ACLU is already cranking up to challenge the new Arizona law about illegal aliens in that state on the ground that it has “racial discrimination” and violates “civil rights” in the US. Reading the text of the law shows that it follows the most recent Supreme Court decisions on civil rights. A visit to the border shows that Mexicans are about 95% of the people entering Arizona illegally, so if the impact of the law is 95% on Mexicans, there is no discrimination.

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Some of the facts for this article, but none of the legal conclusions, come from an article on […]

Ken Blackwell: The VAT's in the Fire

By |2010-04-23T13:05:46-04:00April 23rd, 2010|

ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote this column appearing on Townhall.com on April 23, 2010.

When President Obama was a candidate, he pledged over and over to voters: If you make less than $250,000 a year, your taxes will not go up. Voters read his lips. They hoped for change.

Yesterday, the President said that the Value Added Tax is “on the table.” That means it will be the main course served up after the November elections. After ramming through his ObamaCare bill on the narrowest of partisan margins last month, the President is finding that it’s going to be impossible to deliver on […]

Peter Ferrara: Take the Painkiller and Go Home

By |2023-03-10T08:04:52-05:00April 23rd, 2010|

ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara wrote a column appearing on the American Spectator website on April 21, 2010.

The defining moment for the Presidency of Barack Obama came early, in June, 2009. It was one of many health reform extravaganzas to come, this one televised by ABC from the East Room of the White House, a town hall among health care experts and consumers.

Citizen Jane Sturm took the mic to ask how the brave, new world of Obamacare would treat people like her 105-year-old mother. At age 99 her mother’s heart specialist confided that without a pacemaker he couldn’t keep her alive, but at […]

ACRU Urges NJ Supreme Court to Deny Sen. Menedez Petition to Hear Recall Appeal

By |2020-04-23T21:52:59-04:00April 21st, 2010|

Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) petitioned the New Jersey Supreme Court to hear his appeal from the ruling of a state appellate court that a citizens committee seeking a recall election to remove him from office could proceed to circulate petitions to collect the signatures required under the New Jersey Constitution to qualify for such an election.

The American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) filed an amicus curiae brief on April 21, 2010 with the New Jersey Supreme Court urging it to deny the petition from Senator Menendez to hear the case on the grounds that the circulation of petitions and the collection of signatures is political activity […]

Robert Knight: Debt's All, Folks

By |2010-04-14T23:31:36-04:00April 14th, 2010|

ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight wrote this column appearing on Townhall.com on April 14, 2010.

What with the bailouts, the stimulus, and now the government health care takeover, we’re being told that we face $1 trillion annual deficits for the indefinite future, with a $12 trillion to $20 trillion debt by 2020. In February, Congress raised the federal debt limit to $14.3 trillion. That’s bad.

But it’s only the beginning. Does anyone seriously think the current spending binge is all we can expect from this Porky Pig Congress? Programs are sprouting like crabgrass. The horrifying numbers we are now hearing about future deficits reflect projections […]

Loar et al v Michigan Department of Human Services

By |2010-04-14T12:01:39-04:00April 14th, 2010|

On April 12, 2010, the ACRU filed an amicus brief requesting the Michigan Supreme Court to hear the case of Loar et al v Michigan Department of Human Services. This case presents critical questions regarding institutionalized misappropriation and diversion of public funds, and forced unionization as state employees of self-employed, privately owned and operated, home based, independent contractors serving the general public.

Under a state program to assist low income mothers in working and thereby reducing the burden of public assistance on taxpayers, the Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS) is authorized under state law to pay these independent providers for child care services to qualifying […]

Ken Blackwell: Is America the Last Best Hope of Earth?

By |2020-04-23T21:57:14-04:00April 13th, 2010|

ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote this column appearing on Townhall.com on April 13, 2010.

When asked if he believes in American exceptionalism, President Obama said yes, but he was sure that the British and the Belgians also believed in their countries’ exceptionalism.

President Obama’s version of American exceptionalism is Lake Woebegon’s children: they’re all above average. Or perhaps, he’d be more at home in Alice in Wonderland’s Caucus Race, where everyone runs and everyone gets prizes.

There was a time, not so long ago, when Americans expected their President to be an unapologetic champion of American ideals and American power.

President […]

Robert Knight on FOX and Friends

By |2010-04-12T23:40:09-04:00April 12th, 2010|

On Tuesday, April 13 at 7:45am ET, ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight will be on FOX and Friends to discuss comments by an Obama adminstration official about how America is not so great.

You can view the video from the show here.

John Armor: Court Stops FCC Power-Grab

By |2010-04-08T11:32:55-04:00April 8th, 2010|

ACRU legal counsel John Armor wrote this column appearing on the AmericanThinker.com website on April 8, 2010.

The internet is safe for the moment from the clutches of federal regulators thanks to a court decision that may be a harbinger for legal challenges to ObamaCare.

The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down on April 6 an effort by the FCC to regulate internet policies of a private company. The basis of this unanimous decision in Comcast v. Federal Communications Commission may bode well for the multiple cases pending that claim that the just-passed Health Care Act is unconstitutional.

The […]

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